Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery [1851-1857]Sir John Peter De Gex, Sir Steuart Macnaghten, Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Alexander Gordon (Reporter) Little, Brown, 1871 - Equity |
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... mentioned in the three preceding Acts had ever been and was one company , and the same Act required the company to grant a lease of the lines to the London and North - Western Railway Company . * 7 * The bill , which was filed by a ...
... mentioned in the three preceding Acts had ever been and was one company , and the same Act required the company to grant a lease of the lines to the London and North - Western Railway Company . * 7 * The bill , which was filed by a ...
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... discretion of the directors by continuing this injunction , and therefore it must be dissolved in the terms which Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE has already mentioned . [ 12 ] * PELLY v . WATHEN.1 1851. November 5 , 6 * 14 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... discretion of the directors by continuing this injunction , and therefore it must be dissolved in the terms which Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE has already mentioned . [ 12 ] * PELLY v . WATHEN.1 1851. November 5 , 6 * 14 CASES IN CHANCERY .
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... mentioned , Thomas Marris did agree to sell to John Stephenson some portions ( to wit ) , such portions as in the ... mentioned was entered into between the said Thomas Marris and John Stephenson , and that the same was of such date and ...
... mentioned , Thomas Marris did agree to sell to John Stephenson some portions ( to wit ) , such portions as in the ... mentioned was entered into between the said Thomas Marris and John Stephenson , and that the same was of such date and ...
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... mentioned , was not barred by the great laches of the plain- tiffs apparent in the cause , and by the great delay and lapse of time which had occurred in putting their claim in suit , and whether the same was not barred by the statute ...
... mentioned , was not barred by the great laches of the plain- tiffs apparent in the cause , and by the great delay and lapse of time which had occurred in putting their claim in suit , and whether the same was not barred by the statute ...
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... ever and when made , and by and to whom , for or in respect of the purchase - money , in the said contract mentioned , or the interest thereof . And whether the title of the vendors has [ 32 ] * 41 CASES IN CHANCERY .
... ever and when made , and by and to whom , for or in respect of the purchase - money , in the said contract mentioned , or the interest thereof . And whether the title of the vendors has [ 32 ] * 41 CASES IN CHANCERY .
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Page 602 - ... an agreement between a debtor and a creditor that the debt owing shall be paid out of a specific fund coming to the debtor, or an order given by a debtor to his creditor upon a person owing money or holding funds belonging to the giver of the order, directing such person to pay such funds to the creditor, will create a valid equitable charge upon such fund ; in other words, will operate as an equitable assignment of the debts or fund to which the order refers.
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